Author: Yuri Gagarin

The Wine project has released vkd3d 1.16 with Direct3D 12 implementation.

The Wine project has released version 1.16 of the vkd3d package, which implements Direct3D 12 through call translation into the Vulkan graphics API. The package includes libraries such as libvkd3d for Direct3D 12, libvkd3d-shader with translators for shader models 4 and 5, and libvkd3d-utils with functions to simplify the porting of Direct3D 12 applications, as well as a set of demonstration examples, including the port of glxgears […]

Release of Solaris 11.4 SRU81.

Oracle has released the Solaris 11.4 SRU 81 (Support Repository Update) operating system, which introduces a series of significant changes and improvements to the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the fixes offered in the update, simply execute the command ‘pkg update’. Users can also take advantage of the free edition of Solaris 11.4 CBE (Common Build Environment), developed using a continuous publishing model for new […]

In GDM, the X11 session is disabled by default. In Fedora 43, only Wayland will be supported in GNOME.

A change has been made to the codebase that will be used in the upcoming GNOME 49 release, disabling the X11 session by default in the GDM (GNOME Display Manager), which provides the login screen. When building GDM, the option ‘-Dx11-support=false’ has also been set, thereby disabling the compilation of components for X11 support by default. Work is underway to enable the building of the GNOME Settings configurator without X11 support. […]

Release of the information systems development platform lsFusion 6.0.

The lsFusion project has released version 6.0, advancing a declarative platform for the development of business and web applications. The platform is suitable for creating corporate and accounting applications and can serve as an open and free alternative to the 1C platform. The project's code is written in Java and is distributed under the LGPLv3 license. The MyCompany ERP solution for small and medium-sized enterprises, which uses lsFusion, is distributed under […]

Release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Red Hat has announced the release of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 distribution. Ready-to-use installation images have been prepared for registered users of the Red Hat Customer Portal (public ISO images of CentOS Stream 10, as well as free RHEL builds for developers, can be used for functionality evaluation). The release has been built for architectures x86_64, s390x (IBM System z), ppc64le (POWER9), and Aarch64 (ARM64). As […]

Ubuntu 25.10 will replace the terminal emulator and image viewer.

The developers of Ubuntu Linux have announced a change in the release composition of Ubuntu Desktop 25.10, scheduled for October 9 of this year. In the upcoming release, two new applications will be used by default: the Ptyxis terminal emulator and the Loupe image viewer, which will replace the previously included GNOME Terminal and Eye of GNOME. The Ptyxis and Loupe applications were previously included by default in […]

Vulnerability in Glibc affecting statically linked suid files with dlopen

A vulnerability (CVE-2025-4802) has been identified in the standard C library Glibc, allowing execution of code with the privileges of another user set when launching applications with the suid flag. The danger of the issue is mitigated by the conditions under which it manifests — Glibc developers were unable to find any suid program to which the found vulnerability would apply. However, it is not ruled out that in practical use […]

Debian 13 has entered the hard freeze phase before release.

Debian developers announced the transition of Debian 13 to a hard freeze stage before the release, during which the process of migrating key packages and packages without autopkgtests from unstable to testing is completely halted, and the phase of intensive testing and fixing blocking release issues has begun. The hard freeze stage is considered a necessary interim step before the complete freeze, which covers all packages. The complete freeze […]

Release of Package Manager APT 3.1.0

An experimental branch release of the APT 3.1.0 (Advanced Package Tool) has been formed, upon which a stable release 3.2 will be prepared after stabilization. The new APT branch will be integrated into Debian Unstable and will not be included in the upcoming Debian 13 release. Among the new features: New commands 'apt why' and 'apt why-not' have been added. In .sources files […]

Microsoft has open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux and the Edit text editor.

Microsoft has announced the opening of a toolkit that supports the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), allowing Linux applications to run on Windows. It is noted that anyone can now build WSL from the source code and participate in development. Among other things, Microsoft has started accepting fixes and new features for WSL prepared by community members. The code is published under the MIT license. […]

Release of the composite server Niri 25.05, using Wayland

The release of the composite server Niri 25.05 has been published, implementing a tiling layout style method inspired by the GNOME extension PaperWM, where windows are grouped into an infinitely scrollable ribbon on the screen. Opening a new window causes the ribbon to expand, while previously added windows do not change size. The project is based on the use of the Wayland protocol but allows X11 applications to run via the Xwayland DDX server. […]

Mutter Development Kit has been added to GNOME

The codebase for the upcoming GNOME 49 release in September has accepted the Mutter SDK (Mutter Development Kit), which implements a new way to interact with the Mutter compositor and the GNOME Shell environment. The Mutter SDK allows for running a nested instance of the GNOME Shell within a GTK application to simplify testing of Mutter and GNOME Shell during development. Nested instances […]

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